State Personnel Development Grant

What is SPDG?

SPDG is the State Personnel Development Grant, which is a federally funded grant, authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).  The purpose is to assist State educational agencies (SEAs) in reforming and improving their systems for personnel preparation and professional development in early intervention, educational and transition services in order to improve results for children with disabilities. Utah received the SPDG grant in 2007, which was a 5 year grant.  Utah will apply again in 2012.

 Some of the SPDG funded activities include(2007-2011):

ABC-UBI
USPIN
Running Start
Project KNOTT
Iris Module Training

2012 Required Performance Measures:

1- Evidenced based professional development
2- Improving Implementation
3- Sustainability and ongoing technical assistance
4- Teacher retention 

Planning Process:
Planning Process: Promises to Keep Schedule (.pdf)

Stakeholder Meetings:

10/13/2011 - RtI Innovations Conference SPDG Group Notes (.pdf)
2011 SPDG RFP (.pdf)
10/25/2011 - Critical Personnel Issues in Special Education Advisory Notes (.pdf)
10/31/2011 - USOE/UPDC Combined PLC Meeting
11/10/2011 - USEAM Meeting Notes (.pdf)
11/15/2011 - USOE/UPDC/IHE/UPC/LEA SPDG Grant Meeting Agenda & Notes (.pdf)

Grant Opportunities:

Letter of intent to apply for Utah Multi-Tiered System of Supports. Full application will be available next week. (.pdf Fillable/Savable Requires Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat)

District UMTSS Application (.pdf Fillable/Savable Requires Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat)
Charter UMTSS Application (.pdf Fillable/Savable Requires Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat) 

For additional information visit:

www2.ed.gov/programs/osepsig
www.signetwork.org